LONDON (AP) — A former Miss Canada finalist has become the first graduate of a Liverpool university's groundbreaking degree program based on analyzing the Beatles' music and their impact on Western culture.
Liverpool Hope University officials believe the master's program offers the first advanced degree based on the life and times of the Fab Four.
Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy …
Thousands of Coptic Christians clashed with police during a funeral procession Thursday for the seven people killed in an attack on churchgoers leaving a midnight Mass, security officials said.
The protesters pelted cars with stones. Earlier, they smashed ambulances at the hospital in frustration over delays in turning over the bodies for burial. A security official says police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
The official and witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
The riots follow an attack the previous night, in which three gunmen in a car sprayed automatic gunfire into a crowd leaving a church …
Studies show that hanging on to anger and resentment increasesyour chance of a heart attack fivefold. It also increases your riskof cancer, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and a host ofchronic illnesses.
Forgiveness, on the other hand, short-circuits that processentirely, according to Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons, a psychiatrist insuburban Philadelphia. It fosters healthful changes in both yourattitude and your body, boosting your self-esteem and feelings ofhope, as it lowers your blood pressure and heart rate. It can evenhelp you sleep better.
If your spouse cheats on you or your best friend betrays aconfidence, forgiving them may take time - and it probably …
WASHINGTON (AP) — US consumers spend more on cars and …
A Turkish official says delegations from Israel and Syria have arrived in Turkey for a fourth round of indirect peace talks.
Turkish mediators have been shuttling between the Israeli and Syria negotiators during three previous rounds of indirect talks since May.
The talks have been conducted in secret in Istanbul and results have not been made public.
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Come January and Vijay Govindarajan, Professor of StrategicInnovation and Management at Tuck School, Dartmouth, US, will be inIndia with a group of 50 USbased executives. His mission?
I have arranged for Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev to spend a day withthe executives. The Sadhguru teaches spirituality. I want westernexecutives to understand how spirituality informs leadership,saysGovindarajan, who feels there is a need to temper capitalism andindividual gains with compassion.
We celebrate individual financial success. But I have seenexecutives who are successful on the outside they have multiplehomes, fancy cars, etc. but these same executives are not happyinside. …
The growing demand for electricity in the U.S. is fueling an interest in building new power plants. Although there is some activity in developing renewable resources, such as wind and solar energy, the more traditional energy sources are likely to be relied on for the majority of large increments in power generation. Yet, volatile natural gas prices, tightening emission regulations, and an abundant world coal supply provide an ideal backdrop for integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) to be a mainstream "clean coal" commercial offering.
Gasification is a commercially proven method of efficiently converting coal and other hydrocarbons into a clean gaseous fuel called synthesis …
